Hi Steve,

Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering if it might be due to the restriction to using only the XYZ data that X-Rite officially supports, rather than the full spectral data that's accessible via some open-source tools like Argyll. Thanks

Spectral data is not really of use for calibration - it needs to be converted into XYZ/Yxy data.
So for probes that have that as their standard output, it makes sense to use that, and no bother with spectral data.

However, we are going to add Spectral Graphs to ColourSpace, so at that point we will natively use spectral data too.

Steve

Steve

That's great news about ColourSpace natively using spectral data!

Perhaps the original intention of this thread was to say that since XYZ/Yxy values are caculated by multiplying the measured spectral power distribution by the CMF function and then integrating. Having direct access to the spectral power distribution would allow for the flexibility of applying different CMFs (such as the CIE 1964 10° CMF) to convert into XYZ/Yxy values accordingly .

There will be no difference between calculating XYZ by colourspace and calculating XYZ by the spectrometer internal program. My guess is that calculating XYZ will slow down the operation of ColourSpace or increase instability.
Not all spectrometers provide CMF switching function, and software calculation can make up for this.
As a leading color science software, I think CS should not be limited to XYZ but trace back to the source of XYZ and calculate everything.

We've had a couple of questions on CMFs recently, probably due to Calman stating they now include CIE 2015 CMFs...

The issue is that CMFs can only be used with Spectral data when converting into XYZ data, as used by most calibration systems.
This has been discussed within the thread already, but it is worth reiterating that trying to apply CMFs to existing XYZ measurement data is not a valid workflow, and will generate inaccurate results.
When using Spectros, many have the ability to internally apply a given CMS to the measured spectral data BEFORE exporting standard XYZ data to the calibration program.
This can be seen with CR-250/300 Spectros for example.

With Colourimeters, the action of Probe Matching effectively burns into the probe measurements the CMF that was in operation when the Spectro was use to generate the Probe Matching file.
With ColourSpace this can uniquely be applied retrospectively, rather than being burnt-in to the Colourimeter measurements.

As and when we add Spectral Data capabilities to ColourSpace we will at that point look at adding User Selective CMFs, so they operate correctly.
We will not add fake CMF options to recorded XYZ data.

Steve